02-28-2015, 07:59 AM
I love this thread Opihikao! I also find much of what I read here "disturbing", but your posts are always so uplifting!
Remembering your Papa reminded me of what I loved the most about my Father. In 3 words, he loved people. My Mother often said of him and me, "you two never met a stranger". If we look, we see that we have much in common with all people, and there is something to relate to, and love in everyone.
One event that comes to mind is when my Son, Father and I were walking in Honolulu after my son had broken his jaw when "oogleing" a girl while riding his bike to work at Aloha Marketplace. He literally "ate" the back window of a station wagon because he wasn't looking where he was going.
My Dad stopped on the sidewalk and chatted with a couple who were obviously tourists attempting to blend in by wearing their matching Hilo Hattie's shirts. Daddy greeted them as friends, and we continued on our way, leaving us all smiling. I asked my Father "why did you stop and talk to them?" His answer, "because they looked so out of place. I wanted to acknowledge them". What a guy!!!
That is probably the greatest gift my Father gave me and the world, His love for people.
It's really easy to just smile at people. A smile can go straight to the heart, and heal. It has for me.
Aloha Kekahi I Kehaki.
Remembering your Papa reminded me of what I loved the most about my Father. In 3 words, he loved people. My Mother often said of him and me, "you two never met a stranger". If we look, we see that we have much in common with all people, and there is something to relate to, and love in everyone.
One event that comes to mind is when my Son, Father and I were walking in Honolulu after my son had broken his jaw when "oogleing" a girl while riding his bike to work at Aloha Marketplace. He literally "ate" the back window of a station wagon because he wasn't looking where he was going.
My Dad stopped on the sidewalk and chatted with a couple who were obviously tourists attempting to blend in by wearing their matching Hilo Hattie's shirts. Daddy greeted them as friends, and we continued on our way, leaving us all smiling. I asked my Father "why did you stop and talk to them?" His answer, "because they looked so out of place. I wanted to acknowledge them". What a guy!!!
That is probably the greatest gift my Father gave me and the world, His love for people.
It's really easy to just smile at people. A smile can go straight to the heart, and heal. It has for me.
Aloha Kekahi I Kehaki.